2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southwest Region

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In 2021-2022, 5,696 people earned their degree in animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects, making the major the 166th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 608 animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,505 and $37,295 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in animation, interactive technology, video graphics & special effects.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects in the Southwest Region

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Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

#10 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 41 masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Full Southern Methodist University Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects Report

2

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#14 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects Major in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 7 masters’s animation, interactive technology, video graphics and special effects degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics & Special Effects at ASU - Tempe

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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